3 days old

june 10
things are going great..i am sitting here with both babies sound asleep on a boppy in my lap. i need one of these rolling tables at home so i can type while sitting in bed!

i'll have to type up their birth story soon but in a summary..the c-section was so much easier than i expected! the worst part of the surgery or recovery was the catheter!! getting it put in and the endless sensation of needing to pee. oh, and the s/e of the morphine...all that crazy itching. i have been able to get up and around since friday and am not taking anything more than motrin. i would do it again in a heart beat!!

we've had a whirlwind of visitors, which is wonderful but tiring. it has been the most special time and it is already going too fast!!! i cry when i think of how gracious the LORD has been to us. despite all of my fear and anxiety ... He has filled my heart with the greatest love for these babies. as i hold & feed one of them, i think "i could not love anything more." until i hold the next baby and my heart is just as full. they are so perfect ...we cannot believe they belong to us. you girls know that i have been so afraid of missing ryan and in some way disrupting our family as we knew it ... i never knew how much our family wasn't complete!

we will be discharged tomorrow... off to a whole new adventure without the help of incredible nurses like many of you!!! but we are also excited to start our life at home.

nursing has been successful overall... they have good feedings and not so good feedings....

davis is like a bird with his big eyes & nose & long, skinny legs. he is the cutest thing, i could just gobble him up! we have nick named berkley "squeaker"...she came out of the womb with a repetitive squeaky noise..it was so funny! this weekend she has struggled with either falling asleep right away or getting super frustrated and nursing. so i had my first PP crying spell when i felt like i could not help her yet she seemed so hungry. it just kills me to see her struggle & cry for food. i can see why nursing can be such an emotionally challenging and rewarding task! it is my favorite time with them and yet i can also get easily discouraged. i'm just so thankful that they have made progress and are not having to be tube fed. we give thanks every time we look at them, realizing how different things would be if they had been born at 30 weeks.

love you all and am so grateful for your prayers and friendship!! you are a part of God's work in our family and the gift of berkley and davis!